{"id":109,"date":"2016-06-25T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/25\/happy-national-flash-fiction-day\/"},"modified":"2016-06-25T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T08:16:00","slug":"happy-national-flash-fiction-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/25\/happy-national-flash-fiction-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy National Flash-Fiction Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: #202020; font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Yes, it&#8217;s finally here, after all that waiting, the 5th (can you believe it?) annual celebration of the small story-form we all know and love.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I know that you, like me, might be a little worse for wear after the last couple of days, and 2016 has taken a toll on us all, but today is not a time to worry about that. It&#8217;s a time for Flashing!<\/p>\n<p>Things kicked off earlier in the week, with a workshop in Winchester, and today we have events running all over the UK. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">In      <strong>Oxford<\/strong>,&nbsp;Virginia      Moffatt will be flash-writer in residence all day at the Albion Beatnik      Bookstore.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">In      <strong>Manchester <\/strong>there      is a workshop being hosted by Verbose in Fallowfield.&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">In      <strong>Cardiff <\/strong>there      will be an Art and story event at the&nbsp;Chapter Arts Centre.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">In      <strong>Southampton <\/strong>there      will be a flash workshop at the Art House.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">And      in <strong>Bristol <\/strong>there      will be a workshop, a walk, and an evening of readings and the launch of      our anthology.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #202020; font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><br \/>Details of all these can be found at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&amp;id=bc56861331&amp;e=5a3b4857ad\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #2baadf;\">http:\/\/host2021.temp.domains\/~nationo0\/events.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s not all, as that webpage will tell you, on <strong>Sunday<\/strong>, in <strong>Dublin<\/strong>, you can join in Big Smoke&#8217;s Flash Dash, on <strong>Monday <\/strong>we have an evening of readings in <strong>Manchester<\/strong>, again hosted by Verbose, and on <strong>Tuesday<\/strong>, in <strong>Belfast<\/strong>, you can learn to write flash with Paul McVeigh!<br \/><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype coordsize=\"21600,21600\" o:spt=\"75\"  o:preferrelative=\"t\" path=\"m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe\" filled=\"f\" stroked=\"f\"> <v:stroke joinstyle=\"miter\"\/> <v:formulas>  <v:f eqn=\"if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"sum @0 1 0\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"sum 0 0 @1\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"prod @2 1 2\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelWidth\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelHeight\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"sum @0 0 1\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"prod @6 1 2\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelWidth\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"sum @8 21600 0\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelHeight\"\/>  <v:f eqn=\"sum @10 21600 0\"\/> <\/v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok=\"f\" gradientshapeok=\"t\" o:connecttype=\"rect\"\/> <o:lock v:ext=\"edit\" aspectratio=\"t\"\/><\/v:shapetype><v:shape type=\"#_x0000_t75\" alt=\"\" style='position:absolute; 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But if you can&#8217;t make it to Bristol, the book is available on Amazon in:<br \/>Paperback &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&amp;id=798de5c7f9&amp;e=5a3b4857ad\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #2baadf;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Box-Stars-Beneath-Bed-Flash-Fiction\/dp\/1534712682<\/span><\/a><br \/>and, Kindle &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&amp;id=b9046dbb5e&amp;e=5a3b4857ad\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #2baadf;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Box-Stars-Beneath-Bed-Flash-Fiction-ebook\/dp\/B01H7QRZ2K<\/span><\/a><br \/>(change the .co.uk to your local ending for your country&#8217;s version of the store).<\/p>\n<p>And, if that wasn&#8217;t enough, the Flash is currently Flooding from <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&amp;id=ce8605557b&amp;e=5a3b4857ad\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #2baadf;\">our online journal<\/span><\/a>, and through our <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&amp;id=1c95d8ff91&amp;e=5a3b4857ad\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #2baadf;\">Facebook <\/span><\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalflashfictionday.us11.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=3d2a7379c4e5db747f85f71d5&amp;id=6ad7e6fdf2&amp;e=5a3b4857ad\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #2baadf;\">Twitter <\/span><\/a>feeds &#8211; a story every 10 minutes for the whole 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>But wherever you are, and whatever you&#8217;re doing, a big thank you from me and the team for all your support for NFFD. We never expected to be here for our 5th, and it&#8217;s all thanks to you.<\/p>\n<p>So, Happy Day and Happy Flashing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calum Kerr<\/strong><b><br \/><strong>Director<\/strong><br \/><strong>National Flash-Fiction Day<\/strong><\/b><br \/><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br \/><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s finally here, after all that waiting, the 5th (can you believe it?) annual celebration of the small story-form we all know and love. 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